Lord Evolution: Starting With SS-rank Skills

Gregor could swear that Rowan was the strongest person he had ever met. However, he couldn't trust Rowan with a bow and arrow.

He believed that archers only became skilled after years of practice. Unfortunately, Rowan didn't have any of that.

Gregor had spoken with some of the soldiers who had known Rowan since he was little. According to them, Rowan had never even touched a bow and arrow in his life, let alone used them.

There were even tales that Rowan had learned how to use swords just by watching his father. Unfortunately, his father wasn't an archer, so Rowan possibly wouldn't possess any archery skills.

While his mind was wandering with these thoughts, he did not turn down Rowan—he handed him his bow and arrow.

"Thank you," Rowan said with a smile.

He could tell what his soldier was feeling and thinking at that moment, and Rowan wanted to enjoy changing those perceptions.

While Gregor was handing him the weapon, Rowan checked his character status and copied the following skills: EAGLE EYES, CRITICAL SHOT, and TRIPLE SHOT.

Rowan was confident that these skills, combined with his super strength, would deal significant damage.

The battle between the soldiers and the smaller monsters was almost coming to an end.

Meanwhile, the E-rank monsters were preparing to engage Rowan.

Rowan took three arrows and nocked them on the bow.

He took aim at the monsters standing far away.

Under Gregor's watch, Rowan fired the arrows.

The arrows darted with a sharp sound. They were so fast that Gregor could not follow them with his eyes.

"What!" Gregor exclaimed.

"How could the arrows be so fast?" he muttered to himself, eyes fixed on the E-rank monsters.

"It definitely won't hit..." he thought out loud, but he was proved wrong immediately.

Two gigantic High-rank wolves fell to the ground, accompanied by a hobgoblin.

The other E-rank monsters were puzzled by the sudden death of their comrades. The deaths made the beasts become erratic; they began circling around the corpses as if trying to analyze the situation.

A few of the smarter ones, like the last High-rank demonic wolf standing, immediately understood who was responsible.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Its eyes turned red with anger, focused on Rowan.

It bared its teeth.

[ Slayed x2 high-rank demonic wolf, +720 evolution points (144 bonus) ]

[ 100x rewards activated | 86,400 evolution points has been rewarded ]

[ Slayed x1 hobgoblin, +300 Evolution points (60 Bonus) ]

[ 100x rewards activated | 36,000 evolution points has been rewarded ]

Rowan observed the monsters' reactions and then checked his rewards for slaying them. He noticed the extra 20% evolution points added due to [Hunter Rewards] and couldn't help but smile happily.

For some reason, he was extremely calm.

But it wasn't the same for the soldiers behind him.

"How!!"

Gregor and the others who saw him release the shot looked at him with confusion and admiration.

"Impressive, right?" Rowan boasted.

"It's more than impressive, Lord Rowan!" they reacted immediately.

Rowan smirked.

He began evolving the skills immediately to their peak form.

F-rank Triple Shot — C-rank Octuple Shot

F-rank Eagle Eyes — C-rank Super Eagle Eyes

F-rank Critical Shot — C-rank Dead Shot

'If F-rank skills could blow their minds, what about C-ranks? Let's see what they can do,' he thought.

Rowan took a steady breath, feeling the surge of his newly evolved skills coursing through him. He placed eight arrows onto the bowstring—a casual action that left Gregor and the nearby soldiers staring in disbelief.

"Is he really going to shoot all those at once?"

"How is he going to manage it? Even shooting two at once is almost impossible for me," they whispered amongst themselves.

Rowan heard their conversation and smiled a bit.

He pulled the bowstring back with ease, his muscles barely straining. With Super Eagle Eyes, the E-rank monsters in the distance appeared vividly clear; it was as though he could even predict their next movements, making it extremely easy to aim.

"Unbelievable..." Gregor muttered, his eyes fixed on Rowan.

He still found it difficult to believe the sight before him.

He had been an archer for more than 20 years.

Using three arrows at once was already considered a significant achievement for him.

But Rowan, who had just placed his hand on a bow and arrow for the first time, was aiming eight arrows at the same time.

It was just too unbelievable.

While he pondered, Rowan released the arrows. They streaked through the air like bolts of lightning, giving off a sharp whistling sound.

The arrows were so fast that the darting sound only lasted for a split second.

The soldiers squinted their eyes, trying to see the trajectory of the arrows, but it was as though Rowan never fired.

In fact, if they hadn't seen the arrows leaving the bow, they would've believed nothing was fired.

The next second—eight different E-rank monsters let out loud cries of pain and fear and collapsed on the ground.

A hushed silence fell over the battlefield.

"No way..." a soldier gasped.

"He took down half of them with a single shot!" another exclaimed, his voice tinged with awe.

"This is beyond anything I've ever seen," Gregor thought, his heart pounding.

Meanwhile, the close-range fighters had just finished off the remaining low-rank monsters. Turning around, they caught sight of Rowan's astounding feat.

"Did Lord Rowan do that?" Bryce asked, a bit confused.

After slaying his last monster, he had been planning to attack the E-rank monsters, even though he knew they were at least ten times stronger than any monster he had ever fought.

He was shocked to see eight of them suddenly falling to their deaths.

The archers replied to Bryce.

Captain Roland and the other close-range fighters looked at Rowan with surprise.

"But Lord Rowan had never used a bow and arrow before..." they thought.

Meanwhile, the surviving E-rank monsters roared in fury, their eyes blazing with anger.

Their enraged behavior did not escape the soldiers' notice.

"They're enraged! What should we do now?" the soldiers turned to look at Rowan.

Rowan did not bother to reply; he handed the bow and arrow back to Gregor and drew out his favorite weapon—a dagger.

The dark blade of the dagger glinted coldly, just like Rowan's eyes.

The E-rank monsters found his cold gaze provoking.

With that, they charged at him.

'Yes! Come at me!'

Rowan did not wait for the monsters to reach him.

If they did, some of his soldiers might get badly injured, so he charged toward them.

He sprinted forward, his dagger glinting ominously in the fading light. The ground seemed to blur beneath his feet as he closed the distance between him and the raging monsters.

The E-rank beasts lunged at him with claws extended and fangs bared, but Rowan moved like a shadow.

After clashing with the monsters, in a matter of seconds, one of them received a fatal stab to the skull and collapsed.

The movement was so fast that the soldiers failed to see him attacking.

A minute passed, and the raging sounds of the E-rank monsters completely silenced as their corpses lay on the ground.

The soldiers looked at Rowan with extreme admiration.

They had seen Rowan showcase incredible speed and strength on the battlefield before, but not on this level.

'It is as though Lord Rowan is growing stronger every day without a single limit!' they thought.

On the other hand, Rowan cleaned his dagger and kept it back in his inventory.

'It is still afternoon; we can go on one more hunt before retiring for the day,' he thought.

He turned to look at his soldiers.

Most of them were sitting on the ground.

Some leaned against trees while others lay flat on the ground—they were tired.

Seeing this, Rowan asked the archers to help harvest the monster cores since they were still full of energy compared to the others.

While the archers harvested the monster cores, the close-range soldiers relaxed.

The monster core harvest was pretty good—better than the last hunt.

Rowan was able to get his hands on more than eight hundred monster cores, most of which were F-rank.

Fortunately, all the E-rank monsters dropped monster cores, so he made a great harvest of E-rank monster cores.

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After they were done harvesting monster cores, Rowan distributed food supplies to them and gave them a chance to relax before proceeding with the next hunt.

An hour passed slowly, and Rowan moved his soldiers to another area. It took them another hour to find a good hunting spot.

Rowan activated Hunter Call once again, and monsters poured out. This time, all the monsters were low-rank ones, so Rowan didn't bother participating; he left them to his soldiers.

The soldiers fought with all their might.

The battle lasted until the early hours of evening before the last monster fell to its death.

Rowan checked the stats of his soldiers.

The average archer had reached 5,000/100,000 evolution points.

The average close-range fighter was around 8,000/100,000, while the captains were around 10,000/100,000.

As for Bryce, he was already at 16,500/100,000.

Rowan noted in his mind that Bryce would be the first to evolve if he continued with his current battle ferocity.

After analyzing his soldiers, he made them collect the monster cores before they made their journey back home.

Meanwhile, in Yellow River City, Dragun and Vishirk also prepared to return home.